Still searching for the ideal skier in your life? Head to Les Ruinettes in Verbier this Friday, Valentine’s Day, for the ultimate in ski-dating. All skingles (sic) will be given a green armband and “Voila!” like a baboon in mating season you’ll be able to check out your propsective date’s carves…

Calling all snow divas, for the SCOTT Women Powder Days on February 15th & 16th in St. Christoph, Arlberg and March 8th & 9th in Chamonix, France. Only €69 per day (€39 for season pass holders) for professional guiding at all levels, technique training, the latest SCOTT test skis and a SCOTT goodie bag. Whoop, whoop.

Something for the family, a mother and baby reindeer will make an appearance at the London Ski Show on Saturday 2nd November. For dog lovers, there will be huskies to mush with every day as well as a sloppy St Bernard at the Verbier St Bernard stand (whisky not included).

Visit the Monarch Curling Lane at this year’s Ski & Snowboard Show and you could be in with a chance to win a pair of flight tickets to Munich, Grenoble, Friedrichschafen or Innsbruck. Read more about getting to the Alps.

Win an original oil painting of skier Graham Bell, “Bell on the Hahnenkamm”, by ski artist Johny Midnight in aid ofCaring Cancer Trust Raffle. Raffle tickets are £5 for 5 tickets and £10 for 15 tickets with the money raised going towards an alpine winter holiday for kids suffering from cancer. Tickets are available directly from Gallery Midnight as well as from the London and Manchester shows.

The Ski & Snowboard Show lands in Manchester from 25th to 27th October and then London from 30th October to 3rd November 2013. Buy your entry ticket online, and not only do you get a £1 off the on the door price, but you can also pick up a free one-day lift pass for various ski resorts, including Chamonix, St Anton and Verbier.

SnowVole (no relation), the online social networking site for skiers and boarders, has a 40% promo code for tickets to the Ski & Snowboard show 2013. Buy online before 24th October for any day except Saturday 2nd November and use the code VOLE5 to claim your discount.